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10 years ago

Saw this beauty at a nursery yesterday. $12, no label. Can anyone ID?

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fawnridge (Ricky)

10 years ago

Rattlesnake Plant - Calathea lancifolia

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User
10 years ago
Ooh...that is a beauty! I miss my calatheas.
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fawnridge (Ricky)
10 years ago
These grow much better in pots than in the ground, perfect as indoor plants.
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wisconsitom
10 years ago
Wonder how they'd do as "thriller" plants (I hate that term, but there it is) in the center of large outdoor planters in the north during warm months. I suppose it would get expensive-lots of bench time under glass to get them to usable size, methinks....but me doesn't know for certain...
Embothrium
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Probably too tropical for this use. Except maybe someplace like downtown Manhattan.
oldmangroot
Original Author
10 years ago
They don't do well in the ground? Shoot..
wisconsitom
10 years ago
I use lots of so-called "tropicals" as annuals each year. The big hit this year is Cassia didymobotrya. I need to record a message for folks inquiring what that big yellow thing is!

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